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un-eáðness

  • noun [ feminine ]
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un-eáðness, e; f.
uneasiness of mind, anxiety, trouble, grief, difficulty
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  • Hé ealle ða word gehýrde, and ǽfre wæs his uneáðnys wexende,

    • Homl. Skt. i. 23, 621.
  • Ne biþ ðǽr sár ne gewinu, ne nǽnig unéþnes, ne sorg ne wóp,

    • Blickl. Homl. 103, 35.
  • Hé swýþe weóp and mid mycelre unéðnysse his eágospind mid teárum leohte. Ðá fréfrode hine Gúthlác and him cwæð tó: 'Ne beó ðú ná geunrótsod, forþon ne bið mé nǽnig unéðnysse ðæt ic tó Drihtne fare,

    • Guthl. 20
    • ;
    • Gdwin. 82, 2-8.
  • Hí on wópe wǽron and hí on uneáðnysse sprǽcon,

    • Homl. Skt. i. 23, 247.
  • Ðú manigfeald yfel hæfdest and micle unéþnesse on ðam ríce,

    • Bt. 27, 2
    • ;
    • Fox 96, 13.
  • Ealle angnysse and uneáðnysse,

    • Lchdm. iii. 156, 13.
  • Gif hit geberige ðæt hé ða unǽtnessa ábidan scel,

    • Chart. Th. 509, 33.
  • Hwæt wylt ðú tó méde gesyllan ðam ðe ðe fram ðissum unéðnyssum álýseþ?

    • Shrn. 16, 29.
  • Ðú canst míne yrmþa, ðú mé wǽre symble on fultume on mínum unýðnyssum,

    • Guthl. 21
    • ;
    • Gdwin. 94, 11.
severity, harshness
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  • Ða ðe ðǽr gefongne wǽron hié tawedan mid ðære mǽstan uniéðnesse; sume ofslógon, sume ofswungon, sume wið feó gesealdon,

    • Ors. 4, 1
    • ;
    • Swt. 154, 8.
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  • un-eáðness, n.